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Technology Research News
March 24, 2004 |
Irregular layout sharpens light Aperiodic photonic crystal could improve devices that shape, detect and filter light, including communications devices like photodetectors, demultiplexers, which sort wavelengths of light, and channel drop filters, which filter out different wavelengths.   |
Chemistry World
January 11, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Fish Scales Hold Dazzling Secret Scientists in Israel have discovered the surprising secrets of the specialized crystals in fish skin that allow them to shimmer. |
Technology Research News
August 27, 2003 |
Crystal shortens infrared waves Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have found a way to make a tungsten photonic crystal emit 1.5 micron lightwaves, which are in the near-infrared, or heat range. This makes it useful for thermal photovoltaic devices, which turn heat into electricity. |
Chemistry World
September 28, 2012
Laura Howes |
Tuning photonic crystals by blending brush polymers Bob Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology in the US, has previously made photonic crystals with brush block copolymers but this precise tuning of the wavelength of reflected light is new. |
Technology Research News
February 11, 2004 |
Magnets tune photonic crystal Researchers from Fudan University in China have found that it is possible to use a magnetic field to quickly shift or block certain frequencies of electromagnetic signals passing through photonic crystals made from semiconductor material. |
Technology Research News
September 8, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Throttles Light Researchers have showed that the spacing of a photonic crystal can be used to control the timing of light emitted by a quantum dot. |
Technology Research News
October 22, 2003 |
Fiber handles powerful pulses Researchers from Cornell University and Corning, Inc. have shown that it's possible to preserve the shape, intensity and color of a very high-power light pulse as it travels through 200 meters of a fiber-optic cable. |
Technology Research News
November 3, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Lasers Juiced Researchers have made a photonic crystal laser that is driven by electric current. The device could eventually be used as a source of single photons for quantum cryptography and communications devices. |
Technology Research News
February 9, 2005 |
Lens design promises tight spots A new photonic crystal lens can focus near-field light to a spot one-quarter of the light's wavelength. The device can be used to make smaller, faster computer chips and memory. It could also be used in super-resolution microscopes. |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Crystal ribbons grow on a curve Colleagues at Harvard University in the US investigated the effects of elastic stress on crystals, which is increased by growing them on a curved surface rather than a flat one. |
Finefishing Saltwater
Marty Martelle |
Baja Action Baja Tackle and Lure Thoughts for trolling. |
Technology Research News
September 10, 2003
Eric Smalley |
Vision chip shines Robot eyes that are comparable to biological eyes are a long way off, but chips that work like retinas are sprouting up in laboratories around the world. An artificial retina that gives what it receives -- light -- is ready to plug into superfast all-optical circuits. |
Technology Research News
June 16, 2004 |
Scheme Optimizes Light Chips Researchers have borrowed a design tool developed for mechanical engineering to improve the efficiency of nano-size optical waveguides. |
Technology Research News
November 19, 2003 |
Liquid Crystal Tunes Fiber Researchers have combined photonic crystal and liquid crystal to make an optical fiber whose properties can change according to temperature. The combination allows the researchers to change the properties of the light inside the fiber. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
Neil Savage |
Nanostructures Catch the Light Razor-thin solar cells could be cheap but need a little help holding light in |
Chemistry World
November 17, 2014
James Urquhart |
Beetle behind breath test for bank notes Simply breathing on money could soon reveal if it's the real deal or counterfeit thanks to a beetle-inspired ink that reversibly changes color in response to humidity. |
Technology Research News
July 28, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Photonic chips go 3D Computer chips made from photonic crystal promise better communications equipment and ultrafast, all-optical computers |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008 |
Global Market for Photonic Crystals Set for High Growth Through 2013 The market segments are applications of light emission, information technology, optical sensing, energy conversion, light energy delivery, and other applications. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2007
Jonathan Edwards |
A Simpler Way to Photonic Crystals Chinese scientists have found an easy way to make highly regular crystal structures from a polymer mixture. |
